Congrats Dave! Launching with a commitment from 25 members is phenomenal, and you grew that in less than 3-4 months of active community development (notwithstanding your existing connections through SocialDevCamp 1, etc).
This is a lesson to everyone else on the list: instead of asking the people *on this list* what your space, community, business structures, and space arrangements should look like, you should turn to the community that you intend to service. We're here to guide. But you're not building a space for us. Build a space that your community needs, not a space that needs a community. Well done, Baltimore. -Alex -- ----- -- ----- Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: [email protected] visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Dave Troy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey folks, > > Just wanted to offer an official heads up that Beehive Baltimore, > which has been incubating in a coffee shop since November 6, will be > opening our first space on February 2, 2009 -- Groundhog Day. > > We have about 25 committed members so far, a mix of full/part/basic > members, and have unearthed a really great (and still-developing) > community of like minded technologists, entrepreneurs, and artists > here in Baltimore. > > It would not have been possible without the "spiritual guidance" I've > received from this list, and especially Alex Hillman and Geoff DiMasi > who lent us copies of their DNA to mutate and clone.... really super- > helpful. > > In the spirit of sharing DNA and all that, our attorney (and Hive co- > founder) Newt Fowler put together a member agreement that is probably > the most amusing binding legal agreement you'll ever read, and we > think it sets the tone perfectly and also covers the necessary bases. > > Feel free to check it out and adapt it in karmically-sound ways: > http://tinyurl.com/bhivememdoc > > We will be doing a soft launch party sometime soon at which any of you > are welcome, and we'll likely be doing a full blown launch party in > May when we plan to relocate to a slightly larger space in the same > building. > > Have a great weekend everyone! > > Tara -- here is info on us if you can add us to the great directory in > the sky: > > Beehive Baltimore, LLC > 2400 Boston St, Suite 308 > Baltimore, MD 21224 > http://beehivebaltimore.org > Twitter: @bhivebmore > > Thanks again everyone! It wouldn't have been possible without your > great examples. > > Dave > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
